BigBill
Absent Comrade
My wife had our dog loose in the field we have. She spotted a 350/400# black bear at the rear of our land in the tree line. She ran 35' from the bear trying to save our dumb curious lab. She was screaming the whole time. The bear froze at the sound of this crazy woman. I told her your crazy you could of been lunch in four or five steps. I went out side with my 9mm after hearing the screams and spotting the bear out of the window. 9mm? What was I thinking. But he slowly, very boldly walked off.
The first clue was my fruit trees that I raised finally had there first fruit. I never got an Apple, peach or pear. I had 10 or 12 nice pears on one little tree I spotted while mowing the grass. Then there was six left the next time I mowed, the last time I mowed there was none left. My bigger peach trees were wiped out too nada one white peach. He cleaned it all out. I figured it's the deer. But another clue was the deer blocks I put out for the winter. Some walked off the next day. I never seen them again. This should of told me have a resident local bear. I did see cub tracks a few years back. I kept my moultrie deer feeder with whole and cracked corn running all that winter. I don't run it after I seen the full grown cub.
I count up to 9 deer at night and 24 Turkey's the other day go by. No big Bruin yet.
The first clue was my fruit trees that I raised finally had there first fruit. I never got an Apple, peach or pear. I had 10 or 12 nice pears on one little tree I spotted while mowing the grass. Then there was six left the next time I mowed, the last time I mowed there was none left. My bigger peach trees were wiped out too nada one white peach. He cleaned it all out. I figured it's the deer. But another clue was the deer blocks I put out for the winter. Some walked off the next day. I never seen them again. This should of told me have a resident local bear. I did see cub tracks a few years back. I kept my moultrie deer feeder with whole and cracked corn running all that winter. I don't run it after I seen the full grown cub.
I count up to 9 deer at night and 24 Turkey's the other day go by. No big Bruin yet.